Humans in World War II: Army Defeated by Beacon Fire

Chapter 56 Battle of Kursk ([-])

After the Soviet troops retreated, they soon called for more intense artillery fire.

76mm field artillery group, at least 12 guns fired together.

It was also very spectacular. The houses in Pidru Village were constantly shaking due to the bombing.

This is normal. There were explosions one after another at a distance of only more than 700 meters.

Just the sweeping air waves created a huge whirlwind.

"The Soviets are really willing to spend money!" Second Lieutenant Nell Lehr, who also climbed up the church bell tower, said.

"This level of shelling is not enough to destroy our position, but if the density of shelling is increased, it will be difficult to say. We will inform the second company and the first company to pay close attention to the durability of the position and take time to reinforce it."

Howard held a telescope to observe the battle ahead and said.

"Colonel, is the heavy fire company ready to take action?"

Second Lieutenant Nell-Lyle asked for instructions.

"Don't worry, wait until the Soviet army is ready to take the position in one go, then give them a head-on blow!"

Howard waved his hand and said.

Then he continued to observe the situation on the battlefield.

The second lieutenant stopped talking and followed behind to observe the situation ahead.

In the trenches ahead where the ground was shaking, the soldiers hid in cat-ear holes to avoid these dangers.

I think the big boss who beat seventeen gangsters by himself relied on these cat-ear holes to survive.

Now the German army is also relying on these cat ear holes, but they are still far behind compared with the big guys.

But compared with the cannonballs eaten by the boss, it is far behind.

After all, the boss was eating Van Fleet's ammunition, which was a lethal amount of ammunition in local conflicts in World War II.

Therefore, the 76mm gun group is still as stable as an old dog.

The bombardment ended in about 10 minutes, but five to six hundred rounds of artillery shells were fired.

On a 600-meter defense line, one shell is required for an average distance of 3 meters. Throwing away repeated impact points and invalid impact points, one shell is required for almost ten meters.

This sounds scary, but with solid trenches it's a different story.

After the bombardment ended, the Soviet army reorganized its forces and began to accelerate the charge.

More than a dozen tanks and more than 500 soldiers charged.

The T34-76 tank is extremely fast, making it difficult to aim at it.

Therefore, multiple anti-tank guns can only focus their fire against one tank.

Three 75mm anti-tank guns focused fire on the opponent's T34-76 tank.

There is no 88mm anti-aircraft gun, and the self-aiming performance is far worse than that of the 88mm anti-aircraft gun.

A true flat shot with a stable trajectory.

The main reason is that the bases of the two sides are different, and the 75mm anti-tank gun relies on the two back supports, so the shells fired are much more rational than the 88mm anti-aircraft gun.

One has a good braking system, and the other has a braking system that relies on two supports and the ground to slow down.

The T34-76 tank was running with full firepower, including two machine guns and artillery. Behind it, there were many soldiers climbing on it and rushing forward together.

Boom boom boom!
Three armor-piercing bullets flew out in a staggered manner, all of which were dodged by the speeding T34-76 tank.

The infantrymen on the forward position have already taken out their Panzerfaust rocket launchers and are ready to greet the opponent at any time.

"Load!"

The anti-tank gun continued to load shells at the command.

Boom boom boom!
The distance was already less than 400 meters, and he was about to rush into the position.

An armor-piercing shell directly hit the Soviet T34-76 tank, shutting it down on the spot.

The Soviet soldiers lying on top rolled and fell down.

After getting up, immediately hide behind the tank.

"Target 200 meters, behind the tank, three salvoes"

The mortarman watched the Soviet soldiers in front hiding behind the tanks and immediately prepared three bursts for them.

Boom boom boom!
As three 50mm mortar shells exploded behind the abandoned tank.

Three of the five surviving Soviet soldiers were killed, one was injured, and one hid under the tank to avoid the explosion.

There was only one person, and even if he had the ability to fight on the battlefield, he would be unable to save his life.

What's more, when he was already hiding under the car shivering and looking up to observe.

boom!
A 500mm bullet hit him directly from 14 meters away, tearing his head apart instantly, entering his body and finally tearing his entire body apart.

Pfft!

In a flash of lightning, the bottom of the car exploded into a mess of blood and flesh, all splattered on the tracks.

接二连三的T34-76坦克被摧毁，这也让苏军意识到对方至少有六门75毫米反坦克炮且每一门都具有摧毁T34-76坦克的能力。

Anyone who is not a fool knows what to do in this situation.

Either charge in one go, or choose to retreat directly.

Now all the tanks that retreat will be destroyed without fail.

In addition, the penetration rate of radio stations in tanks is not yet comprehensive.

This results in the need to contact all vehicles if you want to retreat all tanks.

boom!
Another T34-76 tank was destroyed by one shot.

"Damn it! Where did they get so many anti-tank guns? Didn't it mean that there was only one company of German troops stationed in Pidru Village? How could there be so many anti-tank guns?"

The Soviet colonel cursed angrily at the intelligence error.

There was no problem with this, but this was a sudden assignment.Originally, the village of Pidru was garrisoned by a company of German troops. If a fight broke out, the village of Pidru would probably be captured in two rounds of attacks.

However, after an infantry regiment came from the north, it directly supplemented the defense of Pidru Village.

In terms of strength, tanks, artillery, and aircraft, the Germans were at a disadvantage.

Logically speaking, a place like Pidru should be garrisoned by at least one battalion.

However, the troops were limited and only one company of troops was deployed.

But an infantry regiment came from the north and just supplemented the defense of Pidru Village.

This is also an important transportation node in the entire Kursk Battle.

At the same time, the entire village is comparable to the size of a small town and is a large village.

Although the German army also focused on this place at the beginning, its troops were limited and it was quickly captured by the Soviet army after the war began.

When you want to take it back, it will definitely be as difficult as climbing to the sky.

The Soviet army will not give you a chance. The German army is inferior to the Soviet army in terms of military strength, tanks, aircraft, and artillery. In some cases, the difference is doubled or even several times worse.

Under such circumstances, where can more troops come to seize this place?

It's different now. This place is handed over to an infantry regiment under Major General Edward, the head of the Northern Nilong Base.

The Dragon Fighter is now famous on the front line.

In addition to their own losses, the two J1 Dragon fighter jets lay dormant.

None of them were shot down by the Soviets, so even the remaining seven J7 Dragon jet fighters were able to fly across the sky.

In order to prevent the airport runway from being blown up, the German army built two backup airport runways at the back.

Some are just a backup runway, as long as it can provide take-off and landing.

The rest doesn't matter.

With an infantry regiment and a tank company of the Soviet army, they had three rounds of battles with the German troops in the village of Pidru. It can be said that they were defeated in each round.

This round was even more brutal.

Perhaps the entire tank company will be lost here.

Because the tank had already rushed into the position about a hundred meters in front of the position.

With the explosion of anti-tank mines, the three speeding T34-76 tanks were directly blown off their tracks and paralyzed on the ground.

Either the pilot or the machine gunner was killed directly in the aftermath.

Anti-tank mines are not anti-infantry mines, and the power of the explosion is not just as simple as blowing up the tracks.

Generally, the tracks that are blown up are basically anti-infantry mines.

As for anti-tank mines, you need to know that they weigh about ten kilograms and are almost entirely explosives except for the shell.

The bottom of the tank is not thick, so it is not a problem to be directly blown through.

The remaining tanks were destroyed one after another under the concentrated fire of artillery fire.

At the same time, there was also a Panzerfaust rocket launcher that directly destroyed the last tank at a distance of 40 meters.

The soldiers above all jumped off the tanks one after another and relied on the wreckage of the tank to fire.

But the four mortars behind the German army are no longer a decoration.

The continuous shelling directly caused huge casualties to the approaching Soviet troops.

After seeing that the tank company was almost completely wiped out, the Soviet colonel angrily picked up the phone and started calling people.

Ten minutes later, meteors began to fall from the sky.

Whoosh whoosh!Whoosh whoosh!
Whoosh whoosh!Whoosh whoosh!
Countless 132mm rocket launchers began to explode like meteors throughout the entire Pidru village.

More than 50 German soldiers were killed in an instant, and more than 70 people were injured.

More than 100 people were directly reduced.

The German army was not polite and immediately called for three J1 Dragon jet fighters.

It only took a few minutes for the Ni Long jet fighter to arrive.

The opponent's Katyusha rocket launcher is still loading.

According to their maximum range of 8 kilometers, they quickly discovered the location of more than 20 Katyusha rocket launcher vehicles.

"Soviet Katyusha rocket launcher position discovered!"

A J1 Ni Long jet fighter headed by the leader immediately heard a sound.

The three aircraft began to dive and were ready to launch 88mm rockets at any time.

Three J1 Dragon fighter jets each fired two 88mm rocket launchers.

The huge explosion instantly detonated the Katyusha rocket launcher that was being loaded.

What followed was a series of big explosions.

Three to four hundred acres of the entire site were affected, and more than 20 Katyusha rocket launcher vehicles were blown up.

All the trucks carrying rocket launchers were blown up, and nearly a hundred soldiers loaded in them were also swallowed up by the big explosion.

This time, more than 20 Soviet Katyusha rocket launcher vehicles were destroyed, and more than 1000 rocket launchers were all destroyed.

If these more than 1000 rocket launchers landed on the heads of the Germans, it would basically cause the death of 500 people.

After all of them were destroyed this time, there would be very few nearby artillery fires that could cause serious damage to Pidru Village.

After all, this is an infantry regiment from the north that belongs to Edward.

The J1 Nilong jet fighter will definitely give priority to support here.

However, the attrition of hundreds of people caused by this round of artillery shells really frightened the German army.

Five Wasp helicopters then came to carry the wounded to the rear.

(End of this chapter)